Survivorship life insurance can be good vehicle for estate planning
Survivorship life insurance (also known as “second-to-die”) can be an important vehicle to consider for estate planning in the right cases. This type of insurance policy covers two lives and pays out the proceeds when the second insured dies. One benefit is that the premium tends to be lower than it would be for two separate policies because the life expectancy is based on the two insureds’ combined ages and the insurer has lower administrative costs.